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this is an uphill fight for the obama campaign historically, isn't it? >> it really is an uphill fight. the argument they're making it is things would be much better if the republicans weren't standing in the way and you hear this from the president and top aides. they point to the fact that the president submitted his jobs bill, yet it sits there in congress, they haven't moved on it yet. he said if they passed this jobs bill, a million more jobs would be creating. they keep going back to the trend line. they say the economy is adding jobs so they're not subtracting at all. the jobs are not being added the way that some of the economists had expected that there would be bigger numbers, but they point to the fact that jobs are being added, not subtracted and that's the message they're telling the voters out there. >> we'll see who voters believe. susan hendricks joins us. >> there's nond to the ongoing violence in syria. security forces killed at least 100 people across the country today. many of those deaths occurred in key cities of damascus and oleso.
this is an uphill fight for the obama campaign historically, isn't it? >> it really is an uphill fight. the argument they're making it is things would be much better if the republicans weren't standing in the way and you hear this from the president and top aides. they point to the fact that the president submitted his jobs bill, yet it sits there in congress, they haven't moved on it yet. he said if they passed this jobs bill, a million more jobs would be creating. they keep going back...
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as president obama condemns this outrageous attack anti-american protesters spreading across the middle east in response to an anti-muslim film one backed by an infamous koran burning preacher. the flag is half staff for an american hero. >> my name is chris stevens and i'm the new u.s. ambassador to libya. >> reporter: he was 52 years old. a former peace corps volunteer, a gentle man and idealist. >> i've spent almost my entire career in the middle east and north africa. >> reporter: secretary of state hillary clinton remembered him today. >> he risked his life to stop a tyrant and gave his life trying to help build a better libya. the world needs more chris stevenses. the attack came at night. 10:00 p.m. city of benghazi. militants stormed the u.s. consulate and overwhelmed security guards. inside, chris stevens and several other americans trapped, pinned down by intense smoke and gunfire. the attack rages on for five hours. chris stevens dies from asphyxiation along with sean smith. two other americans are kill elsewhere. >> there is no justification for this. none. >> reporter: city
as president obama condemns this outrageous attack anti-american protesters spreading across the middle east in response to an anti-muslim film one backed by an infamous koran burning preacher. the flag is half staff for an american hero. >> my name is chris stevens and i'm the new u.s. ambassador to libya. >> reporter: he was 52 years old. a former peace corps volunteer, a gentle man and idealist. >> i've spent almost my entire career in the middle east and north africa....
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what obama was doing was recognizing reality. i think the key question here, we have politics cht it's 50 days out. you've got to put patriotism ahead of politics. >> thanks so much. our third story now, the bodies of the four americans kills in tuesday's attack in benghazi, libya. they did arrive home today. president obama and secretary of state hillary clinton spoke at joint base andrews in maryland hailing the victims as heroes and patriots. u.s. ambassador to libya chris stevens, by all accounts, a model diplomat, a man who loved his job, but we are now learning more about the others. perhaps not as famous, but so important to those around them. two were former navy s.e.a.l.s, a third a veteran of the american air force. barbara starr reports on the somber homecoming. >> four americans, four patriots. they loved this country. and they chose to serve it and served it well. they had a mission and they believed in it. they knew the danger and they accepted. >> former navy s.e.a.l., glen doherty, a combat veteran, had already ch
what obama was doing was recognizing reality. i think the key question here, we have politics cht it's 50 days out. you've got to put patriotism ahead of politics. >> thanks so much. our third story now, the bodies of the four americans kills in tuesday's attack in benghazi, libya. they did arrive home today. president obama and secretary of state hillary clinton spoke at joint base andrews in maryland hailing the victims as heroes and patriots. u.s. ambassador to libya chris stevens, by...
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what you see coming from president obama and the obama administration is what they call dedemitude in the islamic world. when you look at the speech in turkey and the bow to the saudi king and the interaction there and the speech at the university of cairo, they see weakness and they see a policy of appeasement. the hood head has a plan for the united states of america and also north america. it is called the explanatory memorandum, it was uncovered in virginia in an fbi raid in 1991. it is very clear what their intent and purpose is and when you read their charter, this is a group that is very closely tied to terrorism and all of these subsidiary groups really have the muslim brotherhood as the grandfather organization, establish in the 1920s. >> sean: it seeps to me, congressman, we are at a tipping point. anti-american sentiment. anti-american violence is growing. we have a president -- i don't know -- i don't think appeasement is the right word as much as he is weak. and the people in the middle-east, all they know is strength. and that strength needs to be backed up by a commitme
what you see coming from president obama and the obama administration is what they call dedemitude in the islamic world. when you look at the speech in turkey and the bow to the saudi king and the interaction there and the speech at the university of cairo, they see weakness and they see a policy of appeasement. the hood head has a plan for the united states of america and also north america. it is called the explanatory memorandum, it was uncovered in virginia in an fbi raid in 1991. it is...
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as of tonight, president obama will within 305 votes, mitt romney will win 232. that is called a land slide. and president obama has a 75% chance of winning the election. mitt romney has a 25% chance. let's listen to mitt romney taking questions in california tonight. >> saw themselves as victims or weren't willing to take responsibility for their own lives and their own future. what did you mean by that? >> well, you said a number of things there. and the answer is that i'm talking about the political process of drawing people into my campaign. of course, individuals are going to take responsibility for their life. and my campaign is about helping people take more responsibility and becoming employed again, particularly those that don't have work. this whole campaign is focused on getting people jobs again, putting people back to work. this is ultimately a question about direction for the country. do you believe in a government-centered society that provides more and more benefits, or do you believe instead in a free enterprise society where people are able to p
as of tonight, president obama will within 305 votes, mitt romney will win 232. that is called a land slide. and president obama has a 75% chance of winning the election. mitt romney has a 25% chance. let's listen to mitt romney taking questions in california tonight. >> saw themselves as victims or weren't willing to take responsibility for their own lives and their own future. what did you mean by that? >> well, you said a number of things there. and the answer is that i'm talking...
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president obama's first interview since the convention. you said in your acceptance speech that you are mindful of your own failings. >> yeah. >> pelley: what are they? and jim axelrod walks on a river run dry as the nation struggles with a historic drought. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. there is developing evidence tonight that suggests that the killing of four american diplomats in libya may have been a terrorist attack, not the mob violence that was first suspected. u.s. ambassador christopher stevens and three members of his staff were killed overnight in the fiery wreckage of the u.s. consulate in the city of benghazi. it happened after hundreds of people converged on the consulate to protest a little-known internet film that ridicules islam. the film was produced in the united states. it was just a year ago that the u.s. helped overthrow libya's dictator moammar qaddafi and christopher stevens was one of the americans on the ground then helping the rebels to vic
president obama's first interview since the convention. you said in your acceptance speech that you are mindful of your own failings. >> yeah. >> pelley: what are they? and jim axelrod walks on a river run dry as the nation struggles with a historic drought. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. there is developing evidence tonight that suggests that the killing of four american diplomats in libya may...
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jake. >>> this morning, president obama took a direct political shot at mitt romney, suggesting he's not prepared to be commander in chief. as he condemned the attack, the president today promised justice would be brought. >> there is absolutely no justification to this type of senseless violence, none. the world must stand together to unequivocally reject these brutal acts. >> reporter: and then he left to console shattered state department employees. last night when americans were still in harm's way and ambassador stevens was still missing, mitt romney went after the president. the object of his ire, this press release, condemning the attempt to hurt the feelings of muslims. romney said it's disgraceful that the first response was not to condemn the attacks but sympathize with those who waged the attacks but the statement about the movie was made before the diplomatic posts were attacked. when asked about timing today, romney stood firm. of the embassy tweeted post attack that its original statement still applied the campaign said. as for u.s. personnel still having been in danger
jake. >>> this morning, president obama took a direct political shot at mitt romney, suggesting he's not prepared to be commander in chief. as he condemned the attack, the president today promised justice would be brought. >> there is absolutely no justification to this type of senseless violence, none. the world must stand together to unequivocally reject these brutal acts. >> reporter: and then he left to console shattered state department employees. last night when...
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i think obama made a gaffe. so he stood up and he said i will get the job done from the inside i that me want to ask what kind of inside job is he talking about. and you mentioned paul ryan from the state of the wisconsin. look if the president can't change washington maybe we need to change president's, harris. >> this is the first time stince february. republicans think they can close the gap in wisconsin. they do. republicans feel they havum and it was over 200 days since the president was in the state. republicans had a banner saying the debt has gone up over 6 billion dollars since the president's last visit. paul ryan is from thitate and scott walker faced a recall election and beat back that challenge and so even obama campaign officials say the republicans have a good ground game because of the walker recall the democrats are hoping to push back now and wake up their voters, you lost the recall and now turn out for the president. the president won it by 14 points in 200 andd now has 5 or six points. >> i
i think obama made a gaffe. so he stood up and he said i will get the job done from the inside i that me want to ask what kind of inside job is he talking about. and you mentioned paul ryan from the state of the wisconsin. look if the president can't change washington maybe we need to change president's, harris. >> this is the first time stince february. republicans think they can close the gap in wisconsin. they do. republicans feel they havum and it was over 200 days since the president...
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romney's suggestion was the statement was the obama statement. the white house says it wasn't. a number of tweets were sent by the cairo embassy and according to a number of current and former service workers, the white house does not routinely vet tweets sent out by embassies. the white house disavowed the statement after it had been september. mr. romney said it was a response. it came out before the rioting and long before the killing in tripoli. it was apparently an attempt by embassy staff to head off -- excuse me in benghazi. it was apparently an attempt by embassy staff to head off what you see happening here, to diffuse the situation before it got ugly and there was an attack on the embassy in cairo, not to apologize after it did. you can agree or disagree with what the embassy did under pressure, whether their statement was appropriate. you could say it should have said nothing or defended the freedom of these filmmakers to make that inflammatory video. what you can't do is say that the embassy statement came after a particular event when in fact it came before that ev
romney's suggestion was the statement was the obama statement. the white house says it wasn't. a number of tweets were sent by the cairo embassy and according to a number of current and former service workers, the white house does not routinely vet tweets sent out by embassies. the white house disavowed the statement after it had been september. mr. romney said it was a response. it came out before the rioting and long before the killing in tripoli. it was apparently an attempt by embassy staff...
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names of their fallen comrades will be etched on a wall at the state department and today president obama paid his respects there and secretary clinton spoke with fierce passion about their service. tonight abc's jon karl has more about those who died. >> reporter: war was still raging when he first arrived in libya last year. ambassador chris stevens fully embraced one of the most dangerous diplomatic missions in the world. >> my name is chris stevens and i'm the new u.s. ambassador to libya. >> he risked his life to stop a tyrant and gave his life trying to help build a better libya. >> reporter: john mccain was with the ambassador when libya celebrated its first ever free elections. >> chris stevens was one of the finest men i've known in my life. he loved the libyan people. they loved him. >> reporter: today on the streets of benghazi, the libyan people grieved for a friend. one sign saying, sorry people of america. >> it's especially tragic he died in benghazi, because it's a city he helped to save. >> reporter: three other americans died with the ambassador including sean smith in l
names of their fallen comrades will be etched on a wall at the state department and today president obama paid his respects there and secretary clinton spoke with fierce passion about their service. tonight abc's jon karl has more about those who died. >> reporter: war was still raging when he first arrived in libya last year. ambassador chris stevens fully embraced one of the most dangerous diplomatic missions in the world. >> my name is chris stevens and i'm the new u.s....
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anybody obama does is wrong. he overstepped the bounds in my opinion when he the president seemed to be siding with the terrorists. >> are they expressing any regret with this? >> they are not. they believe they are being criticized for criticizing exactly the same thing that president obama ended up disavowing. what it makes it look like is that they are trying to pick a fight here with president obama on foreign policy. and that they were looking for something and this was out there and they did it and they acted too quickly. >> in these elections, as you know, doug, we often hear about it in october. right now, this is sort of a september surprise. is this likely to have a huge impact come november 6th? >> well, you toe, wolf, imagine if barack obama had not gotten osama bin laden and gadhafi. the killing of those two terrorists gives him a kind of foreign policy credential is obama's egyptian policy working? egypt is a great friend. anwar sadat has been our great friend. as cnn is reporting so well, this is a
anybody obama does is wrong. he overstepped the bounds in my opinion when he the president seemed to be siding with the terrorists. >> are they expressing any regret with this? >> they are not. they believe they are being criticized for criticizing exactly the same thing that president obama ended up disavowing. what it makes it look like is that they are trying to pick a fight here with president obama on foreign policy. and that they were looking for something and this was out...
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president obama sat down earlier today for an interview with "60 minutes." steve kroft asked him about the romney criticism. >> there's a broader lesson to be learned here and, you know, governor romney seems to have a tendency to shoot first and aim later. and as president one of the things i've learned is you can't do that. that it's important for you to make sure that the statements that you make are backed up by the facts and that you've thought through the ramifications before you make them. >> do you think it was irresponsible? >> i'll let the american people judge that. >> pelley: a little later, the president passes judgment on his own first term in a cbs interview. the worst outbreak of west nile virus may be over. and what's a farmer to do when the river runs dry when the "cbs evening news" continues. uç reflux disease. osteoporosis-related bone fractures and low magnesium levels have been seen with nexium. possible side effects include headache, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. other serious stomach conditions may still exist. talk to your doctor ab
president obama sat down earlier today for an interview with "60 minutes." steve kroft asked him about the romney criticism. >> there's a broader lesson to be learned here and, you know, governor romney seems to have a tendency to shoot first and aim later. and as president one of the things i've learned is you can't do that. that it's important for you to make sure that the statements that you make are backed up by the facts and that you've thought through the ramifications...
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and by the way, the obama administration says so too. because they made it clear that they did not clear this statement from the embassy in advance. and that statement was a mistake and i believe that governor romney is entirely correct to crises it. it's part of a general pattern. and this is what bill kristol said as well. it's part of a general pattern of trying to placate some of the most implacable enemies of the united states of america. >> lawrence, what's your take on that? has the obama administration had a general pattern of trying to, as michael put it, placate the most implacable enemy of america? >> absolutely not. as you just showed before, president bush was even more apologetic after an american threatened to desecrate the koran in iran. you may remember that general petraeus condemned pastor jones, who was part of this video hear. re. he condemned him when he was threatening to burn korans, and that would cause damage to the troops he was commanding in afghanistan. president bush himself explained that he didn't support
and by the way, the obama administration says so too. because they made it clear that they did not clear this statement from the embassy in advance. and that statement was a mistake and i believe that governor romney is entirely correct to crises it. it's part of a general pattern. and this is what bill kristol said as well. it's part of a general pattern of trying to placate some of the most implacable enemies of the united states of america. >> lawrence, what's your take on that? has...
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ben, obviously they say obama is guilty, obama is guilty, obama is guilty. tell bus that man and some of the others who were expressing such anger. >> reporter: well many of the people i spoke with had no idea that the u.s. government has come out and expressed its disgust with this video clip that appeared on youtube, and there seems to be an unawareness about the fact that the united states government does not control every single thing that appears on the internet. so, seems to be one of the problems here is that there's just a lack of understanding of how the media operates in the united states and that the act of one individual is not the act of the government. now, one of themain concerns here among egyptians, particularly coptic christian egyptians is that there could be a backlash against them as a result of the act of this one, rather this film produced by this one man in the united states. >> yes. we're going to have much more on the coptic christian angle. i talked to some today. they were very afraid of what might happen. ben, before we let you g
ben, obviously they say obama is guilty, obama is guilty, obama is guilty. tell bus that man and some of the others who were expressing such anger. >> reporter: well many of the people i spoke with had no idea that the u.s. government has come out and expressed its disgust with this video clip that appeared on youtube, and there seems to be an unawareness about the fact that the united states government does not control every single thing that appears on the internet. so, seems to be one...
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globally, september 11th dig dong, president obama. it's unfathomable to me that the embassies would have been unprepared. >> bill: okay. the assassination of the american ambassador in libya was obviously planned by whom? who did it? and how do we know? >> we know it's radical extremist muslims of the -- school not the same as al qaeda but al qaeda came out of them there may be al qaeda influence. we know because they have been jumping up and down for the last two decades telling us they want to kill americans. we know because our intelligence system has tracked them and their entry into and development in syria. all the hall marks of a carefully planned -- >> bill: you said syria you meant libya, right? >> yes. >> so they are another -- they are not the muslim brotherhood and not al qaeda. they are yet another jihadist group that want to kill americans and infidels, correct? >> the movement is the most radical general movement within islam. it's beyond the farrest wing of the muslim brotherhood they are in a ratings war as it were wi
globally, september 11th dig dong, president obama. it's unfathomable to me that the embassies would have been unprepared. >> bill: okay. the assassination of the american ambassador in libya was obviously planned by whom? who did it? and how do we know? >> we know it's radical extremist muslims of the -- school not the same as al qaeda but al qaeda came out of them there may be al qaeda influence. we know because they have been jumping up and down for the last two decades telling...
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president obama is his latest subject. over six months he had the rare opportunity to speak with and observe the president. the interviews took place in a variety of locations-- air force one, oval office and, of course, on a basketball court. his profile is in the october issue of "vanity fair" magazine. it's called "obama's way." i am pleased to have michael lewis back at this table. welcome. >> thank you, charlie. >> rose: "boomerang" is out in paper back. we should say that to give credit to credit. how did this come about? why you? >> that's a great question. i didn't want to ask him that because i was afraid he might have second thought btss about it. >> rose: right, right. >> here's what happened. last november i was just coming off the book tour for "boomerang" and i knew i had to write a screenplay in the next six months and i didn't have time to write it into a book. i thought what would be a fun piece of journalism to do? i'd been struck through the course of not just this president's administration but previous
president obama is his latest subject. over six months he had the rare opportunity to speak with and observe the president. the interviews took place in a variety of locations-- air force one, oval office and, of course, on a basketball court. his profile is in the october issue of "vanity fair" magazine. it's called "obama's way." i am pleased to have michael lewis back at this table. welcome. >> thank you, charlie. >> rose: "boomerang" is out in paper...
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president obama promises the u.s. will find those responsi e responsible. >> i want to assure you we'll bring their killers to justice. >> reporter: investigators say stevens death was planned. . >> appears to be well-planned out. certainly this was more than just a protest gone bad but whether or not it was a premeditated al qaeda attack, i think is still to be determined. >> reporter: 50 marines are headed to libya to protect the embassy in tripoli and two war ships will be off the libyan coast. the impact of the event is not escaping politics. mitt romney called it disgraceful the u.s. embassy in cairo would express reget that an american film would insult muslims. >> having that embassy reiterate a statement effectively apologizing free speech is not the right course for the administration. >> reporter: it was before ambassador steven's killed. romney stood by his position. >> i don't think we ever hesitate when we see something which is a violation of our principles. >> reporter: president obama hinted on "60 min
president obama promises the u.s. will find those responsi e responsible. >> i want to assure you we'll bring their killers to justice. >> reporter: investigators say stevens death was planned. . >> appears to be well-planned out. certainly this was more than just a protest gone bad but whether or not it was a premeditated al qaeda attack, i think is still to be determined. >> reporter: 50 marines are headed to libya to protect the embassy in tripoli and two war ships...
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the must be bmust b mubaraks an in the world are dangerous. >> president obama with all good intentions are saying we are going to reset our relationship with the muslim world with the middle east. these problems have been long and enduring. he set false expectations as to how much progress we can make on these issues. we have always been working. one of the goals is clear expectations maintain stability in the region have good relationships with leaders and move forward as quickly as you can recognizing the change the palestinian issue and economic issues was going to be very, very difficult. we didn't then meet them. they foster the anti-american attitude. i was with you. i was nervous with these bad people were over throne. we had a relationship with them and they were maintaining the stability in the middle east. george due you see what's happening in afghanistan the guys who are training were shooting us. it sounds like insider nips out our people and helps turn our people in victims. >> well we have to keep in mind all society, we have used societies in general as being very monol
the must be bmust b mubaraks an in the world are dangerous. >> president obama with all good intentions are saying we are going to reset our relationship with the muslim world with the middle east. these problems have been long and enduring. he set false expectations as to how much progress we can make on these issues. we have always been working. one of the goals is clear expectations maintain stability in the region have good relationships with leaders and move forward as quickly as you...
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in his phone call to the president of egypt, president obama said the u.s. rejects efforts to denigrate islam but he added there is never any justification for violence. these were the protests at the embassy in cairo today, and holly williams is there. >> reporter: the protesters have become riots are, fighting running street battles with the egyptian police, who were out in force. today, there was chaos as young men threw stoabz and molotov cocktails while security forces countered with tear gas, all of it triggered by the american-made film that deeply offended many muslims. dr. wisam abd el-wares say businessman and ultraconservative muslim who organized the earliest protests. can we walk down the corridor together? >> we cannot walk together. >> reporter: he insisted he couldn't walk side by side with a woman because it's against his religion. he told u he didn't mean for the demonstrations to turn violent and has now called for them to end. but he doesn't accept responsibility. this film was a low-budget effort. it was made by a hand full of people. an
in his phone call to the president of egypt, president obama said the u.s. rejects efforts to denigrate islam but he added there is never any justification for violence. these were the protests at the embassy in cairo today, and holly williams is there. >> reporter: the protesters have become riots are, fighting running street battles with the egyptian police, who were out in force. today, there was chaos as young men threw stoabz and molotov cocktails while security forces countered with...